iTunesU, Apps, and Podcasts in the Classroom

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iTunesU, Apps, and Podcasts in the Classroom
By Angela Bunyi Discovery School at Reeves
Rogers Murfreesboro, TN
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Ideas for Podcasting

• Lessons
• Videos of lesson from class (or for class)
• Video or Audio summary of lesson
• PowerPoint presentations with audio
• Interwrite lessons with or without audio
• Additional media for lesson
• Extensions not covered in class
• Test Reviews
• Basic Skills tutorials
• Tutorials
• How-tos
• How to use any online resources
• Announcements/Communication with students and
  parents
• Week in Review audio files

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Review of an Older Skill
http//blogs.scholastic.com/top_teaching/2009/12/o
nline-tutoring-you-can-create-a-podcast-today-real
ly.html
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Summary of a Lesson
http//www.cityschools.net/discovery/bunyi/site/Po
dcast_Tutorials/Entries/2009/12/16_podcast_latitud
e_longitude.html
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Video from a Lesson
http//www.cityschools.net/discovery/bunyi/site/Po
dcast_Tutorials/Entries/2010/2/7_Spanish_Week_Two
3A_Days_of_the_Week_and_Months_of_the_Year.html
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Communication with Students and Parents
http//www.mrsbunyi.com/spencer.m4v
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Suggested Tools
Turn headphones into a microphone by
speaking into them! A microphone can be purchased
cheaply. Many computers have it built in
already.
A screen capture program like Camstudio (free)
A Flip video, web cam, or built in video recorder.
Access to Microsoft PowerPoint
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Suggested Tools
http//www.camstudio.org Mac- iShowU has great
features- 19.99.
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Resources

• CamStudio http//camstudio.org/
• Recording Audio Only
• Audacity http//audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Editing Video
• Windows Movie Maker http//www.microsoft.com/wind
  owsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.msp
• Creating RSS feed for uploading to iTunes
• ListGarden Feed Generator http//www.softwaregarde
  n.com/products/listgarden/
• Converting from wmv to mp4
• AnyVideoConverter http//www.any-video-convert
  er.com/products/for_video_free/
• Listening to Podcast
• iTunes http//www.itunes.com
• Converting files for iPod
• QuickTime Pro (29.99) http//www.quicktime.com

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iTunesU Apps
http//grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
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Example Podcast
Going beyond the normal oral history report!

• http//edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemID
  10667

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Some App Examples

• Mad Libs Lite iPhone App
• Math Magic iPhone App (1.99)
• Pop Math Lite iPhone App
• Scrabble iPhone App
• WordSearch Kids
• iTunesU

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Sites and resources

• iPod Invasion Energizing Students to Learn!
  Scholastic Advisor, Victoria Jaztal
• Math Magic iPhone App (1.99)
• Pop Math Lite iPhone App
• Scrabble iPhone App
• WordSearch Kids
• iTunesU